Table 2.

Country-level indicators of slum populations and related exposures and health outcomes

Indicators of slum populations		Health outcomes
Region	Country	Year slum data collected	Percent urbanites, %	Percent urbanites in slums	Percent citizens in slums, %	MCV coverage rate, %	Low birth weight, %	Child malnutrition, %	Birth rate (newborns/pop)	Infant mortality rate	Under-5 mortality rate	Maternal mortality ratio
Asia	Bangladesh	2009	25	61.6	15	96	22	40	23	49	46	240
	Cambodia	2005	21	78.9	17	93	9	29	25	54	43	250
	China	2009	51	29.1	15	99	3	3	12	16	15	37
	India	2009	31	29.4	9	74	28	43	21	46	61	200
	Indonesia	2009	43	23	10	89	9	19	18	27	32	220
	Iraq	2009	67	52.8	35	76	15	7	28	40	38	63
	Jordan	2009	83	19.6	16	98	13	2	27	16	21	63
	Laos	2005	27	79.3	21	69	11	31	26	58	42	470
	Lebanon	2005	87	53.1	46	79	N/A	N/A	15	15	9	25
	Mongolia	2007	63	57.9	36	98	5	5	21	36	31	63
	Myanmar (Burma)	2005	31	45.6	14	99	9	N/A	19	48	62	200
	Nepal	2009	17	58.1	10	88	21	38	22	43	48	170
	Pakistan	2009	35	46.6	16	80	32	N/A	24	61	72	260
	Philippines	2009	63	40.9	26	79	21	21	25	19	25	99
	Saudi Arabia	2005	81	18	15	98	N/A	5	19	16	9	24
	Syria	2007	54	22.5	12	80	10	10	24	15	15	70
	Thailand	2009	34	27	9	98	7	7	13	16	12	48
	Turkey	2009	77	13	10	97	11	N/A	18	23	15	20
	Vietnam	2009	31	35.2	11	96	5	20	17	20	22	59
	Yemen	2007	34	76.8	26	71	10	26	37	77	168	540
Caribbean	Dominican Republic	2009	66	14.8	10	79	11	3	19	21	25	150
	Haiti	2009	47	70.1	33	59	25	17	24	52	70	350
	Jamaica	2005	52	60.5	31	88	12	2	19	14	18	110
	St. Lucia	2005	28	11.9	3	95	11	N/A	14	12	16	35
	Trinidad and Tobago	2005	13	24.7	3	92	19	N/A	14	27	28	46
Latin America	Argentina	2009	91	20.8	19	93	7	2	17	11	14	77
	Belize	2007	44	18.7	8	98	14	4	26	21	17	53
	Bolivia	2009	66	47.3	31	84	6	4	24	41	51	190
	Brazil	2009	84	26.9	23	97	8	2	17	21	16	56
	Chile	2005	87	9	8	91	6	1	14	7	9	25
	Colombia	2009	76	14.3	11	88	6	3	17	16	18	92
	Costa Rica	2005	62	10.9	7	83	7	1	16	9	10	40
	Ecuador	2005	66	21.5	14	98	10	N/A	20	19	23	110
	El Salvador	2005	63	28.9	18	89	N/A	7	17	20	15	81
	French Guiana	2005	81	10.5	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Guatemala	2009	50	38.7	19	87	11	12	26	25	30	120
	Guyana	2009	29	33.2	10	98	19	10	17	36	36	280
	Honduras	2005	50	34.9	17	99	10	8	25	20	21	100
	Mexico	2007	77	14.4	11	98	7	3	19	17	16	50
	Nicaragua	2007	57	45.5	26	99	9	6	19	22	26	95
	Panama	2005	65	23	15	97	N/A	N/A	19	11	20	92
	Paraguay	2005	59	17.6	10	93	6	3	17	22	22	99
	Peru	2007	74	36.1	27	96	8	5	19	22	18	67
	Suriname	2005	67	3.9	3	85	11	7	17	29	30	130
North Africa	Egypt	2009	43	13.1	6	96	13	5	24	24	21	66
	Morocco	2009	58	13.1	8	95	N/A	N/A	19	26	33	100
Sub-Saharan Africa	Angola	2009	59	65.8	39	88	N/A	15	39	84	158	450
	Benin	2009	44	69.8	31	72	15	18	38	60	106	350
	Burkina Faso	2007	24	59.5	14	63	16	25	43	80	146	300
	Burundi	2005	10	64.3	6	92	11	35	41	60	139	800
	Cameroon	2009	49	46.1	23	76	11	14	32	60	127	690
	Central African Republic	2009	38	95.9	36	62	13	N/A	36	97	164	890
	Chad	2009	28	89.3	25	28	N/A	N/A	39	94	169	1100
	Comoros	2007	28	68.9	19	72	N/A	N/A	31	69	79	280
	Congo	2009	63	49.9	31	90	13	11	40	74	99	560
	Equatorial Guinea	2005	40	66.3	27	51	N/A	N/A	35	75	118	240
	Ethiopia	2009	17	76.4	13	57	20	33	43	75	77	350
	Gabon	2005	73	38.7	28	55	N/A	N/A	35	49	66	230
	Gambia, The	2007	59	34.8	21	91	11	15	33	70	101	360
	Ghana	2009	44	40.1	18	91	13	13	27	47	78	350
	Guinea	2007	28	45.7	13	58	12	20	37	59	126	610
	Guinea-Bissau	2005	43	83.1	36	61	11	17	35	94	161	790
	Ivory Coast	2009	50	57	29	49	17	28	30	63	115	400
	Kenya	2009	32	54.7	18	87	8	16	32	44	73	360
	Lesotho	2009	23	53.7	12	85	N/A	16	27	53	86	620
	Liberia	2009	47	68.3	32	40	14	19	36	73	78	770
	Madagascar	2009	31	76.2	24	70	16	N/A	37	50	62	240
	Malawi	2009	15	68.9	10	96	14	13	40	79	83	460
	Mali	2009	33	65.9	22	56	19	26	45	109	176	540
	Mozambique	2009	31	80.5	25	82	15	16	39	77	103	490
	Namibia	2009	39	33.5	13	74	16	17	21	46	42	200
	Niger	2009	20	81.7	16	76	27	38	50	110	125	590
	Nigeria	2009	51	62.7	32	71	12	25	39	74	124	630
	Rwanda	2009	17	65.1	11	95	6	17	36	63	54	340
	Senegal	2009	42	38.8	16	82	19	14	36	55	65	370
	Sierra Leone	2005	40	97	39	80	14	19	38	77	185	890
	Somalia	2009	34	73.6	25	46	N/A	31	42	104	180	1000
	South Africa	2009	62	23	14	78	N/A	9	19	43	47	300
	Tanzania	2009	26	63.5	17	93	10	15	32	66	68	460
	Togo	2005	37	62.1	23	67	11	21	35	50	110	300
	Uganda	2009	15	60.1	9	75	14	15	47	61	90	310
	Zaire	2007	29	51.7	15	71	N/A	N/A	33	54	77	200
	Zambia	2009	39	57.3	22	83	11	13	44	65	83	440
	Zimbabwe	2009	29	24.1	7	92	11	13	32	28	67	570

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.

Data from Kaiser Family Foundation. Country Data: Customized data sheets, 2012. Available at: http://kff.org/globaldata/. Accessed May 16, 2013.